2021 California Safety Organized Practice Conference Agenda

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June 15, 2021

Time (PST) Topic Track
8:30 am - 8:45 am

Welcome

UC Davis and CDSS
 
8:45 am - 9:45 am

What if Questions were the Answer? Exploring the Principles and Practices of Appreciative Inquiry for our work with Children and Families, and Each Other

Lindsey Godwin
Keynote
9:45 am - 10:00 am

Break

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Scale Your Way to Safety: How to Utilize SOP Tools to Develop Effective Safety Plans

Monica Montury, Elizabeth Dembosz, Alison Haggerty
General

Engaging and Working with the Hard-to-Reach Client: The Interactional Model – Part I

Lawrence Shulman
General

Working with Trauma and Shame - Barriers to Change

Catherine Santoro
General

Rethinking Solution-Focused Questions and Safety Networks through a Cultural Lens

Jolie Clark, Dionne Puckett
General

Ventura Children and Family Services: Real-Time Lab Series on Solution Focused Inquiry (A Virtual Way to Sustain Safety Organized Practice (SOP) within an Agency)

Jenni Naia, Melanie Johnson, Marie Patterson
Leadership

Next Steps in Fulfilling the Promise of SOP: Putting Equity and Inclusion Training into Practice

Brittany Pettigrew, Marya Wright, Greyson, Lamont Thomas
Leadership
11:00 am - 11:15 am

Break

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Speaking your mind is not the same as knowing it: Exploring and Unlearning Implicit Bias

Antonio Mejico
General

Engaging and Working with the Hard-to-Reach Client: The Interactional Model – Part II

Lawrence Shulman
General

Beyond the Tools: Connecting Practice to the Three Core Objectives and the Integrated Core Practice Model

Nicole Heesen
General

Integrating SOP into the Federal Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) Process

Tami McCalip, Maryanne Rehberg
Leadership

Use of Coaching to support SOP Integration with Safety Planning Best Practices

Linda Joanna Alcaraz, Javi Perez
Leadership

County of San Diego Child Welfare Services Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action

Shelly Paule, Lillian Asoera, Margo Fudge
Leadership
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch Break

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Courage and Compassion in Child Welfare

Nicki Weld
Plenary
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The Neuroscience of Engagement: Moving from Protection to Connection

Laurie Ellington
Keynote

June 16, 2021

Time (PST) Topic Track
8:30 am - 8:45 am

Welcome

UC Davis
 
8:345 am - 9:45 am

Understanding Racial Trauma

Dr. Kenneth Hardy
Keynote
9:45 am - 10:00 am

Break

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Strategies for Addressing Racial Trauma

Dr. Kenneth Hardy
Plenary
11:00 am - 11:15 am

Break

11:15 am - 12:15 pm

Integrating SOP into Wraparound

Lauren Crutsinger, Amy Love
General

SOP: Partnering with Tribal Communities

Linda Joanna Alcaraz, Angie Heredia, Jaclyn Cantago, and Tracy Newell
General

Engaging Youth with Challenging Behaviors: How to Support the Transition from Youth to Young Adult (1st offering)

Sean McCormick
General

The Golden Thread: How Key Elements of SOP Work Together

Rebekah Sandlin
General

The Key to Successful Safety Organized Practice: Supervisors - Part I

Peggi Cooney
Leadership

TBD

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch Break

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Using SOP for Resiliency Building in CWS Staff

Laurie Fortin
General

A Former Foster Youth and Caseworker’s Perspective on Supporting Foster Youth and Nonminor Dependents during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Makayla James, Emma Black
General

Engaging Youth with Challenging Behaviors: How to Support the Transition from Youth to Young Adult (2nd offering)

Sean McCormick
General

“Going Slow to Go Fast”: Napa County Child Welfare Services SOP Implementation Success

Shana Rousseau, Rachel Varville, Brenda Parra, Adriana Fuentes, Grace Lee, Fatima Gutierrez
Leadership

The Key to Successful Safety Organized Practice: Supervisors - Part II

Peggi Cooney
Leadership

Kings County Guide to Family-Centered Investigation and Intervention (ER Framework)

Kimberli Smith, Patricia Shubert
Leadership
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Protect the Crown

Sade Burrell
Keynote